Basket.



E. MAYETTE & J. D. MITCHELL.-

BASKET.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 7, 1912'.

Patented July 28, 1914.

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BASKET.

Specification of Letters Patent. P tented'July 28, 1914 Application filedvJ'une 7, 1912.. Serial No. 702,310.

This invention relates to improvements in baskets.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a basket which is designed tobe suspended by a strap or other hanger from the,

body of a person, the basket being of a configuration to conform to the curvature of the persons trunk, means being provided for depositing the contents of the basket, without the necessity of tilting the basket; I p

A. further object of the present invention is to provide a basket having a hinged bottom, which can be readily released and allowed to swing upon its hinges in order to deposit the contents of the basket, the bottom being released from the edge of the basket, remote from that edge to which the hanger or supporting device is attached, the releasing mechanism being disposed inter? mediate the ends of the basket.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a vertical section.

In the drawings, 10 designates the body of the basket which is tapered, forming a flared receiving end ll and the substantially rectangular contracted delivery end 12, the wall 14; of the basket bein concaved to conform to the curvature of the body of the wearer, a plurality of straps being attached to the curved wall adjacent the end of the same as at 15, to which the band or supporting strap 16 is secured, this strap being placed over the shoulder, or placed to encircle the neck of the wearer. I

The basket is designed for usein picking ends of the basket.

fruit, it being noted theta basketof this configuration allows the wearer to adjustthe-same so that it will fall in a convenient receiving position and when the person wearing the basket ascends a ladder the said basket may be swung around to hisback. The basket is also formed with rounded p orners thus preventing the bruising of the ruit.

. A bottom 17 is hingedly'supported the I band;18 which embraces. the lower'end of the basket, the bottom being disposed to contact with the band 18 when the same is inits' closed position; A rim 19 embraces the, upperend of the basket,-.a substan-' tially U-shaped bracket 21 being secured j to each of the rims, the bracketsbeing disposed. in alinement and intermediate the A rod 22 is embraced by said brackets, said rod being formed bottomwall of the same, holding said bot-' tom against movement with respect to the basket. The terminal 25 of said rod is offset, to provide a handle by means of which the same may be manipulated, that is, the offset portion 25 may be rotated to rotate the rod until the same releases the bottom 17, and after said bottom has been released and the fruit has beondeposited within a crate or otherreceptacle, the bottom may be brought into'contact with the band 18 and the rod rotated by means of the offset 25 to bring the angularly disposed terminal at of the same beneath the bottom 17, the bottom being thus supported until the basket is again filled. to'the peculiar arrangement of the rod 22 and it will be seen that the same may be easily manipulated by the wearer of the basket when it is desired to release the bottom to deposit the fruit, the hand of the wearer normally resting on the rim 19 adjacent the ofiset' terminal 25 of .the rod 22.

In this manner it will; be noted that the wearer need not change theposition of his until it assumes a position to retain the bot- Particular attention is called i After the contents tom against movement with relation to the basket, either by manipulating the offset end 2st which engages the bottom of the basket,

z or by manipulating the offset end 25.

The many advantages of a construction of this character will be clearly apparent as it will be noted that while the bottom releasing and retaining mechanism is shown as applied to a particular form of basket, the same may be attached to baskets already in use without altering the construction of the side wall, the basket being such as may be easily and economically manufactured. 1

It will be noted that the ofi'sets 2d and 25 prevent the accidental displacement of the rod, said ofiset 25 contacting with the bracket secured to the band 19 and the offset 2 L contacting with the bracket carried by the band 18, one end of the rod either being bent after the same is applied to the basket, or the U-shaped brackets being attached to the basket while in contact with the rod.

Whatis claimed is A. basket including upper and lower rims, sidewalls disposed therebetween, a bottom 7 hingedly secured to the lower rim, supporting means carried by the upper rim for the supporting of the basket, a pair of alined bearings rigidly fixed to the upper and lower rims adjacent the front of the poised basket and remote from the attachment of the securing means to the upper rim and the hinged connection of the bottom to the lower rim, a rod extending through said bearings provided with a hook-shaped lower portion extending under and locking the bottom in a closed position with respect to the rim, the upper extremity of said rod bent oppositely with respect to the lower portion and at an angle to the top of the basket and'projecting thereabove, the 531d upper rod bend forming a handle for Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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